An Overview of Historical Research on the Song Dynasty over the Past Two Decades

Abstract

Since the advent of the 21st century, historical research on the Song Dynasty in China has exhibited notable new characteristics distinct from the past trends in terms of research landscape, documentation and research, postgraduate training, research orientations, research questions, and methodologies. These developments merit consideration. Concurrently, a renewed appreciation of the historical significance of the Song Dynasty, the reflection on the rise of the Naitō Hypothesis in Japan, and increasing calls for the study of the “Grand Song History” all indicate a new phase of in-depth development in the historical research on the Song Dynasty.

Keywords

history of the Song Dynasty / research landscape / talent cultivation / research orientation / Tang-Song Transformation / political information / Grand Song History

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